In the wake of Roe being aborted, some liberal politicians, such as senators Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Susan Collins (R-Me.), are crying foul because they claim that SCOTUS justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch deceived them over stare decisis (respect for precedent) during confirmation hearings. What's unsaid is that stare decisis is itself a deception. In fact, our Founders would be aghast at the standard. Why? It's simple: If a precedent clearly conforms to the Constitution, then regard for stare decisis is unnecessary for a precedent-aligned ruling; all a justice need do is reference the Constitution and he'll vote incidentally in accordance with the precedent. 

By stardot on 2022 07 01

The Jebb Scott decision? The reinterpretation of the Constitution as some kind of variable "living document"? Really?

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By Jesse W Brogan on 2022 07 01

It is much worse than that: This is a signed agreement and not to be interpreted under the Common Law. To make any 'interpretation' not already stated would be to invalidate the original signatures on this Constitutional agreement.

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By dollops on 2022 07 03

If lawyers couldn't keep up their priest-like staging of law, ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????? being only one of the absurdities they utilize, people might catch on to the game they have played for millennia. Justice doesn't lie in shelves of records, nor in powdered wigs or whatever pretensions lawyers practice; it can and should be attempted (there are no certainties) by responsible citizens on panels or juries.

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